Another day under a sweltering heat wave, another day of setting more BC weather records.
Eight interior BC communities hit new daily high temperatures for July 29 on Friday.
Record temperatures ranged from nearly 35 degrees to just over 42 degrees.
Read more: More BC weather records broken as heat wave continues to scorch most of province
And there could be more records set this weekend, as Environment Canada doesn’t forecast cooler temperatures until Monday.
“A strong ridge of high pressure continues to cause a heat wave across British Columbia this weekend,” Environment Canada said.
“A gradual cooling trend is expected early next week. Current guidance is for temperatures to return to seasonally normal Tuesday.”
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3:25 Kelowna Weather Forecast: July 29 Kelowna Weather Forecast: July 29
Communities that set a new daily high temperature record for July 29 are listed below.
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Cache Creek (Ashcroft)
- New preliminary record of 41.2
- Former record of 39.2 set in 2018
Clinton
- New preliminary record of 34.7
- Former record of 33.3 set in 2018
Kamloops
- New preliminary record of 37.9
- Former record of 37.6 set in 1998
Lillooet
- New preliminary record of 40.1
- Old record of 39.8 set in 2018
Lytton
- New preliminary record of 42.2
- Old record of 41.4 set in 2018
Merritt
- New preliminary record of 37.2
- Former record of 37.0 set in 2003
Nelson
- New preliminary record of 38.6
- Old record of 38.5 set in 2003
path
- New preliminary record of 40.0
- Former record of 39.3 set in 2014
Along with heat advisories in effect for almost all sections of the province except the far north, there are also five air quality statements for five regions.
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The Fraser Valley and metro Vancouver are under an air quality advisory for ground-level ozone, while smoky skies bulletins have been issued for the Fraser Canyon, plus southern ‘Okanagan and South Thompson.
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